Iniciação e promoção de câncer no trato gastrointestinal secundário ao hábito de ingesta alimentar de gênero defumado

Abstract

The cancer has been shown as one of the leading causes of death of humanity over the years, being considered a serious public health problem in the world. The increased prevalence may be directly linked to the change of the life habits of the people and the food is one of the main factors that has suffered such a modification. The use of processed foods has grown with this change, including the use of foods rich in saturated fats, smoked and seasoned by configuring carcinogenos potentials. The objective of this study was to correlate the consumption of smoked foods throughout life with cancer development, highlighting cancers in TGI, through specialized literature review conducted between January and September of 2013, using to query the database area linked to the Ministry of health, textbooks and scientific articles selected through database search Scielo, PUBMED and Lilacs. According to the studies reviewed, 22 show that sources the consumption of smoked foods increases the risk of developing cancer in the TGI.